周围艺术画廊即将推出北京艺术家王玉平的个展《无处不在》（Around Every Corner），展出艺术家近十年来创作的精彩作品。
世界美术 VIII
Watercolor on paper 纸本水彩
42cm × 56cm，2017
王玉平是北京人，1989年毕业于中央美院后留校任教。他身上带有老北京文化人的那种从容自得的气质和风度。他热爱描绘北京的街景与人物，以及手边的一切不起眼的物事。
世界美术 XI
Watercolor on paper 纸本水彩
42cm × 56cm，2024
本次展览中的大部分纸本作品所画的即是一些看似平常，难以引人注意，却往往有着深远内涵与趣味的物件：带有年代感的《世界美术》杂志曾经是他那一代人在求学期间了解世界艺术动态的一个重要窗口；翻译小说、揉皱的骆驼牌香烟盒、德国啤酒瓶曾经是人人向往的舶来品，连环画、铁制的铅笔盒、塑料垫板等等也是青少年时代的记忆底片。
骆驼牌香烟 II
Watercolor on paper 纸本水彩
23cm × 31cm，2013
这些纸本水彩作品用笔轻松自如，用色淡雅隽永，细节精确又不拘泥于原物；在这些作品中，王玉平的绘画技巧已臻化境，画什么不再重要，一切似乎都可以入画，信手拈来，举重若轻。
浮世绘的扇子
Watercolor on paper 纸本水彩
31cm × 41cm，2019
王玉平是一位真正热爱绘画的艺术家，他的画笔追随着景物，内心却远离外界的喧嚣。画画于他而言是一种享受，一种生活状态，而不是为了证明什么，或是要达到某种目的。他在采访中自述享受写生作画的过程，在北京的街头画红色的城墙白色的积雪，蓝色的天空橙色的制服，“仿佛在阳光下做梦”一般，任由时间在他身边放慢脚步。
浮世绘的小人书 I
Watercolor on paper 纸本水彩
31cm × 41cm，2015
浮世绘的小人书 X
Watercolor on paper 纸本水彩
31cm × 41cm，2016
这批街头写生接近于霍克尼晚年在iPad上画的风景，轻松自如又精彩纷呈，美得毫不费力。本次展览展出的一张《永嘉路》则是艺术家不多见的上海街头写生，含蓄微妙的色调，看似无序的构图，呈现了上海梧桐区独特的内在逻辑，与北京的街头大异其趣。
永嘉路
Paper, acrylic, oil pastel 纸本、亚克力 、油画棒
115cm × 72cm，2011
王玉平早期的作品带有德国表现主义的风格，造型恣意奔放，色彩又颇有19世纪后期“纳比”画派的缤纷斑斓，介于自然主义和超现实主义之间。近年来风格更加松弛自然，本次展出的水彩作品融西方表现主义与中国绘画写意用笔为一体，融汇中西，自成一派。他的画作之所以打动人，就是那种舒缓自在的心态，作画时忘我的状态，构成了时下最时髦的“松弛感”。
瓷碟
Watercolor on paper 纸本水彩
23cm × 31cm，2013
王玉平的艺术，如同北方冬天的阳光，温厚和煦，无处不在。
奈良绘本 II
Watercolor on paper 纸本水彩
23cm × 31cm，2013
AroundSpace is thrilled to present Beijing artist Wang Yuping’s solo exhibition, Around Every Corner, exhibiting the artist’s achievements in the last ten years.
玩打仗（正面）
Watercolor on paper 纸本水彩
42cm × 56cm，2024
玩打仗（背面）
Watercolor on paper 纸本水彩
42cm × 56cm，2016
A native Beijinger, Wang Yuping graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Art (CAFA) in 1989 and has taught at his alma mater. He has a laidback and content temperament and demeanor as seen in old-school Beijing intellectuals. Wang has a passion for the street scenes and people in Beijing, as well as any seemingly insignificant objects at hand.
嘉利妹妹
Watercolor on paper 纸本水彩
31cm × 41cm，2013
The paper-based watercolor pieces shown in this exhibition depict ordinary subjects that are of little importance, but carry profound meanings and selected tastes: the nostalgic World Art journals that once offered Wang’s generation of art students the only source of international art news, those translated novels, crumpled Camel cigarette packs, and German beer bottles indicate desired foreign lifestyles,
童话故事
Watercolor on paper 纸本水彩
30cm × 40cm，2016
and the comic books, iron pencil boxes and plastic writing boards constitutes Wang’s childhood memory. Wang made these watercolor pieces with easy brushstrokes and delicate colors. He captured the details precisely but were not bound to the original objects. With his masterful skills, it no long matters what he paints; and he can depict everything and anything at ease.
铅笔盒 IV
Watercolor on paper 纸本水彩
23cm × 31cm，2013
铅笔盒 III
Watercolor on paper 纸本水彩
23cm × 31cm，2013
Wang Yuping is enthusiastic about painting. He finds inspiration from around every corner in life and keeps a distance from the madding world. For him, painting is an enjoyment, a way of living, instead of a method to prove himself, or a path to achieve any goals. He stated that he enjoyed painting on the street of Beijing, capturing the red Palace wall covered with white snow and workers wearing orange jumpsuits under the blue sky, just like “dreaming under the sun,” when time seems to slow down while he paints.
京都画派
Watercolor on paper 纸本水彩
31cm × 41cm，2024
These street scenes remind the viewer of the landscapes David Hockney painted on iPad lately, splendorous yet effortless. Shown in this exhibition, Yong Jia Road, a rare interpretation of Shanghai’s street scene by the artist, successfully captured the unique style and structure of Shanghai's French Concession, with a delicate color scheme and intricate composition, which differs from the street scene in Beijing in every respect.
东洋画论 II
Watercolor on paper 纸本水彩
31cm × 41cm，2013
In Wang Yuping’s earlier works, free-styled images were influenced by German Expressionists and the beguiling color scheme can be traced back to the Nabi movement in the late 19th century, which contributed to a personal style between naturalism and surrealism. Since then, he has developed a more relaxed and spontaneous style, experimenting with Western Expressionism and Chinese freehand brushwork (Xie Yi), conflating Western and Eastern approaches, and forming his own classics. It is the kind of soothing and comfortable state of mind in Wang’s work that attracts the viewer the most. His carefree and unaggressive manner fits perfectly with the most popular and latest fashion, a sense of relaxation.
老式刮脸刀 I 局部
老式刮脸刀 II 局部
Watercolor on paper 纸本水彩
30cm × 40cm，2016
Wang Yuping’s art is like the winter sun in Northern China, mild yet mighty, around every corner.
唐卡临摹 III
Watercolor on paper 纸本水彩
31cm × 41cm，2016
王玉平 Wang Yuping
1962年生于北京
1989年毕业于北京中央美术学院油画系
工作生活于北京。
部分个展
2021 虚岁六十，松美术馆，北京
2021 我在马路边，当代唐人艺术中心，北京
2021 盐烤银杏，站台中国，北京
2018 无聊的天堂，当代唐人艺术中心，香港
2017 景山前街:王玉平画展当代唐人艺术中心，北京
2011 中央美术学院造型艺术年度提名展—2011王玉平，中央美术学院美术馆，北京1993 王玉平作品展，中国美术馆，北京
部分群展
2021 All on Paper，周围艺术画廊，上海
2021 沙特阿拉伯迪里耶双年展，迪里耶
2017 相遇亚欧，侨福当代美术馆，北京
2014 中国新表现主义，中华艺术宫，上海
2013 大阪三年展，大阪
2013 时代肖像-当代艺术30年，上海当代博物馆，上海
2000 第三届上海双年展，上海美术馆，上海
1997 第47届威尼斯双年展，威尼斯
1991 新生代艺术展，历史博物馆，北京
